Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrettis an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth8 May 1945
CityAllentown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
want one-thing ifs
One thing you learn: if you want to reveal yourself, you also have to know where to stop.
believe artist tasks
I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.
moving creativity humanity
Creativity is what makes humanity move. We were created to participate.
taken player disease
... The 'cleverness' syndrome has taken the place of melody. It's like everyone has come down with this terrible disease in jazz....you are always expected to do your own material, which is a strange thing to do if you're a poor composer but a great player.
novices would-be surprise
Ideally, I'd like to be the eternal novice, for then only the surprises would be endless.
silence sound jazz
If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.
school player bmw
I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His music sounds like a talented high-school trumpet player to me... he's jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.
play pieces body
If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?
music thinking knows
I cannot say what I think is right about Music. I only know the rightness of it.
heart player talking
I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart.